MINKE WHALE

Meaning of MINKE WHALE in English

[min.ke whale] n [part trans. of Norw minkehval, fr. minke- (perh. fr. Meincke, a crewman of Svend Foyn d. 1894 Norw. whaler) + hval whale] (1939): a small grayish baleen whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) with a whitish underside--called also minke

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MINKE WHALE — noun Etymology: part translation of Norwegian minkehval, from minke- (perhaps from Meincke, a crewman of Svend Foyn died 1894 Norwegian …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MINKE WHALE — noun also min·ke ˈmiŋkə- Etymology: Norwegian minkehval , from minke (perhaps from Meincke , a crewman of Svend Foyn died …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MINKE WHALE — noun Etymology: part translation of Norwegian minkehval, from minke- (perhaps from Meincke, a crewman of Svend Foyn died 1894 Norwegian …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MINKE WHALE — ➡ minke
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MINKE WHALE — Pronunciation: ' mi ŋ -k ə - Function: noun Etymology: part translation of Norwegian minkehval, from minke- (perh. from Meincke, …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
WHALE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WHALE — кит; pl китообразные (Cetacea) - Arctic right whale - Arctic whale - Arnoux's beaked whale - Atlantic beaked whale - Atlantic right whale - Baird's beaked …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
MINKE — noun see: ~ whale
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WHALE — I Any of dozens of species of exclusively aquatic mammal s found in oceans, seas, rivers, and estuaries worldwide but …
Английский словарь Британика
MINKE — noun see minke whale
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WHALE — I. ˈhwāl, esp before pause or consonant -āəl; also ˈwā- noun ( plural whale or whales ) Usage: often attributive …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WHALE — whale 1 /hwayl, wayl/ , n. , pl. whales , ( esp. collectively ) whale , v. , whaled, whaling …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MINKE — /ming"kee/ , n. a dark-colored baleen whale, Baleanoptera acutorostrata, inhabiting temperate and polar seas and growing to a length of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MINKE — n. small gray whale
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
MINKE — see minke whale
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WHALE — I. ˈhwāl, ˈwāl noun ( plural whales ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hwæl; akin to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MINKE — [ 'mɪŋkə , -ki ] ■ noun a small rorqual whale with a dark grey back and white underparts. [ …
Concise Oxford English vocab
WHALE — [whale] n, pl whales often attrib [ME, fr. OE hwael; akin to OHG hwal whale and perh. to L squalus …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WHALE — any of several species of exclusively aquatic mammals who, along with the porpoises and dolphins, constitute the order Cetacea (see …
Britannica English vocabulary
MINKE — minke BrE AmE ˈmɪŋk i -ə AmE \ -ə ▷ minke|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WHALE — / weɪl; NAmE / noun a very large animal that lives in the sea and looks like a very large …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MINKE — / ˈmɪŋki; NAmE ; -kə/ (also ˈminke whale ) noun a small whale that is dark grey on top and …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHALE — I. whale 1 /weɪl/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: hwæl ] 1 . a very …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WHALE — n. (pl. same or whales) any of the larger marine mammals of the order Cetacea, having a streamlined body and …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MINKE — n. a small baleen whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata, with a pointed snout. [prob. f. Meincke, the name of a Norw. whaler]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WHALE — n. (pl. same or whales) any of the larger marine mammals of the order Cetacea, having a streamlined body and …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MINKE — n. a small baleen whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata, with a pointed snout. [ prob. f. Meincke, the name of a Norw. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WHALE — 1. n. (pl. same or whales) any of the larger marine mammals of the order Cetacea, having a streamlined body …
Oxford English vocab
MINKE — n. a small baleen whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata, with a pointed snout. Etymology: prob. f. Meincke, the name of a Norw. …
Oxford English vocab
WHALE — ( whales) 1. Whales are very large mammals that live in the sea. N-COUNT see also killer whale , sperm …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHALE — [noun] [C] - a very large sea mammalIf you have a whale of a time you enjoy yourself very much.We …
Cambridge English vocab
WHALE — n. white whale baleen whale blue whale fin whale razorback whale finback whale humpback whale killer whale pilot whale right …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
WHALE — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ beached , stranded ( esp. BrE ) … OF WHALES ▪ pod , school VERB + WHALE ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
WHALE — As to the signification of the Hebrew terms tan and tannin, variously rendered in the Authorized Version by "dragon," "whale," …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
WHALE — I 1. сущ. 1) кит to harpoon a whale ≈ забить кита гарпуном blue whale ≈ голубой кит white whale …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WHALE — whale.ogg _I 1. weıl n 1. зоол. кит ( Cetacea ) bull whale - кит-самец cow whale - самка кита …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WHALE — I whale сущ.1) зоол. кит to harpoon a whale — забить кита гарпуном white whale — белый кит grey whale …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
WHALE — _I 1. weıl n 1. зоол. кит ( Cetacea ) bull whale - кит-самец cow whale - самка кита whale …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
WHALE — I weɪl 1. сущ. 1) зоол. кит to harpoon a whale — забить кита гарпуном white whale — белый кит …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
WHALE — I [¦ўЎ®] whale.wav 1. сущ. 1) зоол. кит to harpoon a whale — забить кита гарпуном white whale — белый кит grey whale — серый …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
WHALE — кит; pl китообразные ( Cetacea ) - Arctic right whale - Arctic whale - Arnoux's beaked whale - Atlantic beaked …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
WHALE — _I 1. _n. 1> кит; bull whale - кит-самец; cow whale - самка кита 2> a whale of - _собир. …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
WHALE — I 1. n. 1. кит; bull whale - кит-самец; cow whale - самка кита 2. a whale of - собир. …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
WHALE — _I weɪl 1. _n. 1> кит; bull whale кит-самец; cow whale самка кита 2> a whale of _разг. что-л. огромное, …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
WHALE — кит - whaleback vessel - whalebоаt - whale back vessel - whale bоаt - whale catcher - whale factory - …
Англо-Русский морской словарь
WHALE — whale n AmE sl 1. She's getting to be such a whale Она настоящая корова 2. He's getting to be …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
WHALE — I 1. сущ. 1) кит to harpoon a whale ≈ забить кита гарпуном blue whale ≈ голубой кит white whale …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
RORQUAL — Any of five species of Balaenoptera (family Balaenopteridae), namely, the blue , fin , sei , Bryde's, and minke whales. …
Английский словарь Британика
LESSER RORQUAL — minke.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RORQUAL — any of five species of baleen whales of the genus Balaenoptera and the family Balaenopteridaenamely, the blue whale, fin whale, …
Britannica English vocabulary
YEAR IN REVIEW 2000: ENVIRONMENT — Gardening The wet weather that plagued much of northwestern Europe during the fall and winter of 1998 continued through the …
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HARPOON — ( harpoons, harpooning, harpooned) 1. A harpoon is a long pointed weapon with a long rope attached to it, which …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HARPOON — (~s, ~ing, ~ed) 1. A ~ is a long pointed weapon with a long rope attached to it, which is …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SPECIES — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an insect species ▪ Large numbers of insect species are becoming extinct. endangered species (= …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PACK ICE — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Flotillas of tabular icebergs and ice islands sail among the pack ice . ▪ Most …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ICE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES black ice ▪ Driving conditions are dangerous, with black ice in many areas. dry …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CULL — I. verb EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Goats that are larger than average are culled from the herd. ▪ Names …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
RORQUAL — n. Any of five species of baleen whales in the genus Balaenoptera (family Balaenopteridae), namely, the blue , fin , …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
HUNTING — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big-game , deer , fox (usually fox-hunting ) , etc. ▪ He was killed by a lion …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
CETACEAN — n. 25B6; noun . See list. Cetaceans (Whales and Dolphins) Amazon dolphin minke whale baleen whale narwhal beaked whale orca …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA — lesser rorqual, minke whale
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